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## Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 02 09 2019 01 09 2020
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## Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
Wildlings
Other names charity is known by
n/a
Registered charity number (if any)
Charity's principal address
1036793 Ambergate Methodist Church Devonshire Street Ambergate Postcode DE56 2GJ
## Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body)
Trustee name Office (if any) whole year entitled to appoint trustee (if
any)
Jennifer Li Chair 03/10/2019 – Management Committee
present
2
Rebecca Walker Treasurer 1/10/2018 - present Management Committee
3
Emily Brook Fundraising 03/10/2019 Management Committee
Officer 4
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7
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18 19 20
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
## Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
## Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association,
Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected
Registered charity
Committee members are made up of parent volunteers, who self select and then undergo a discussion with the committee Chair to consider suitability. All decisions on the appointment of new committee members are agreed by the full committee.
by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## Section C Objectives and activities
To enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory school age by offering appropriate play, education and care facilities.
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
- a) Offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning, together with the right of parents to take responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of such group, ensuring that such groups offer opportunities for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability.
- b) Encouraging the study of the needs of such children and their families and promoting public interest in and recognition of such needs in the local areas.
- c) To promote such other charitable purposes as may from time to time be determined.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Guidance on public benefit is included in the induction process for new committee members and covered within the agenda of the committee meetings
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information) You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
- Providing high quality early years play and education for children of families in the local area
- Establishing good relationships with other community groups including the local church and primary schools in the area
- Playgroup has earned strong reputation with widespread interest in and support for its child-led ethos and outdoor approach and now has a year long waiting list
- Fundraising efforts; this year other than our Christmas fundraiser fundraising has been difficult due to the Covid pandemic
- Playgroup enjoys discovering and sharing best practice involving other childcare providers. CPD has improved with the introduction on inset days and training days.
- The impact of the pandemic helped Wildings create their ethos of outdoor learning more of a reality with now offering more woods based days and this will continue to increase in the coming years
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Section E Financial review
Reserves are held to ensure that in the unlikely event of having Brief statement of the to close the Playgroup down, we would be in a position to pay charity’s policy on reserves redundancy to all affected staff. Details of any funds n/a materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
Despite the year proving difficult due to the pandemic and You may choose to include being closed for a short while we managed to turn a small additional information, profit and keep Wildlings afloat through a worrying and where relevant about: uncertain time. This was helped by parents paying invoices • the charity’s principal whilst children were not actually able to attend. sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## Section F Other optional information
## Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
Jennifer Li Chair
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etc)
Date
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## **Unaudited Accounts**
**for the Year Ended 1 September 2020**
**for Wildlings**
Haines Watts Derby 10 Stadium Business Court Millennium Way Pride Park Derby DE24 8HP
**Wildlings**
**Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 1 September 2020**
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|**General Information**|1|
|**Report of the Independent Examiners**|2|
|**Income and Expenditure**|3|
|**Balance Sheet**|4|
**Wildlings**
**General Information for the Year Ended 1 September 2020**
## **ADDRESS:**
**INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS:**
Wildlings Methodist School Rooms Devonshire Street Ambergate Derbyshire DE56 2GJ
Haines Watts Derby Chartered Accountants 10 Stadium Business Court Millennium Way, Pride Park Derby DE24 8HP
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**Report of the Independent Examiners to Wildlings**
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Wildlings
We report to the charity trustees on our examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 1 September 2020 which are set out on pages three to four
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
We report in respect of our examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out our examination we have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
We confirm that no material matters have come to our attention in connection with the examination giving us cause to believe that in any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with those records
- the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination
We have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Haines Watts Derby Chartered Accountants 10 Stadium Business Court Millennium Way Pride Park Derby DE24 8HP
Dated: ………………………………
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**Wildlings**
|**Income**
Funded children
Self-funded children
Milk claim
Grants
Other income
Fundraising/Donations
**Other income**
Deposit account interest
**Expenditure**
Rent
Wages
Pension
Playgroup supplies & consumables
Stationery
Fundraising
Administration
Trips
Food and drink
Computer costs
Subscriptions
Licences and insurance
Training & courses
Broadband
New equipment
Other
**NET SURPLUS/(DEFICIT)**|**Income and Expenditure**
**for the Year Ended 1 September 2020**
01.09.20
£
£
36,256
43,801
184
-
7,539
1,189
88,969
-
88,969
4,012
71,333
2,015
3,093
307
418
828
148
1,721
494
427
455
316
429
518
168
86,682
2,287|**Income and Expenditure**
**for the Year Ended 1 September 2020**
01.09.20
£
£
36,256
43,801
184
-
7,539
1,189
88,969
-
88,969
4,012
71,333
2,015
3,093
307
418
828
148
1,721
494
427
455
316
429
518
168
86,682
2,287|01.09.19
£
£
32,541
27,192
36
-
138
2,745
62,652
-
62,652
3,486
67,220
1,495
2,402
257
117
368
217
1,937
-
268
480
816
352
3,200
107
82,722
(20,070)|
|---|---|---|---|
|||
01.09.20
£
36,256
43,801
184
-
7,539
1,189
4,012
71,333
2,015
3,093
307
418
828
148
1,721
494
427
455
316
429
518
168||
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## **Wildlings**
|**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
Prepayments
Current account
Deposit account
Cash in hand
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
Social security and other taxes
Accruals and deferred income
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
Brought forward
Add net surplus
Less net deficit|**Balance Sheet**
**1 September 2020**
01.09.20
£
-
-
9,882
-
614
10,496
-
-
-
8,209
2,287
10,496
-|£
10,496
10,496
10,496
10,496|01.09.19
£
-
-
7,652
-
557
8,209
-
-
-
28,279
-
28,279
(20,070)|£
8,209|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||
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|||||8,209|
|||||8,209|
|||||8,209|
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**Report of the Independent Examiners to Wildlings**
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Wildlings
We report to the charity trustees on our examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 1 September 2020 which are set out on pages three to four
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
accounts in accordance with the
Act and in carrying out our examination we have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
We confirm that no material matters have come to our attention in connection with the examination giving us cause to believe that in any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
- the accounts do not accord with those records
- the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that t
- part of an independent examination
We have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Haines Watts Derby Chartered Accountants 10 Stadium Business Court Millennium Way Pride Park Derby DE24 8HP
Dated:
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